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County, school district to pay part of $1.85M settlement
A student left with profound permanent brain injuries after being struck by a car will receive a $1.85 million settlement, including half a million from the county and school district. According to...
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4th Circuit recognizes ‘overtime gap time’ claim under FLSA
An emergency medical services employee adequately alleged a violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act under the theory of “overtime gap time,” the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in...
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‘Honor debt’ admission didn’t revive old debt
A father’s signed acknowledgement that an unpaid debt to his ex-wife’s estate was an “honor debt” that was owed to his daughters “both legally and as their father” wasn’t an unequivocal admission the...
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Child hurt by flying racetrack debris settles suit for $950K
A 7-year-old girl who was injured by flying asphalt at an outdoor racing event has settled her case for $950,000, her attorney reports. Jennings Douglas Jennings and Liam Duffy of Yarborough Applegate...
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Drunken head-on crash leads to $9.8M settlement
A man who was severely injured when his intoxicated girlfriend crashed head-on into another vehicle as he slept in the back seat has agreed to settle his case against the girlfriend and the two...
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First conviction, not arrest, started speedy trial clock
A murder conviction handed down to a man whose first conviction had been overturned on appeal more than three years earlier didn’t violate the defendant’s right to a speedy trial because the trial...
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Past drug-related crimes too prejudicial in trucking crash
A trial court was right to disallow evidence that a truck driver who caused a highway crash had had past convictions for drug-related offenses because they had no probative value and didn’t show that...
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Bluffton mayor awarded $50M in defamation claim
Beaufort County jury has awarded $50 million to the mayor of Bluffton after finding that she had been defamed for years by an outspoken critic of local government officials. On Feb. 3, the jury...
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Hackers are finding a new weak point in calendar invites
When COVID-19 struck, calendar software and videoconferencing became a viable, popular means of doing business. Unfortunately, cybercriminals got the memo and have begun pursuing a new and particularly...
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Insurer to pay $6M to settle bad faith suit after fatal crash
The insurer for a driver who caused a car crash that killed two people—including a young mother—and seriously injured two others has agreed to pay $6 million to the plaintiffs in the case, their...
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Botched trach leads to child’s death, $1M settlement
The estate of a child who died after a chief ENT resident attempted to reposition her tracheostomy tube has settled its medical malpractice suit for $1 million, its attorneys report. Monica Wooten...
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Railway to pay $4.15M for company’s building
The state of South Carolina has reached a $4.15 million post-trial settlement with a family-owned technology company in a condemnation case, the company’s attorneys report. Trenholm Walker and John...
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Charleston theatre ordered to pay $300K in negligence case
After a two-day trial, a Charleston County jury on Feb. 23 awarded $300,000 to a man who broke his arm after falling down the stairs of the Queen Street Theatre while helping the building manager move...
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T-bone crash leads to $1.5M settlement
The estate of a woman who died 10 months after being involved in a car crash has settled its case for $1.5 million, the estate’s attorneys report. Ryan Montgomery and Bill Young of Ryan Montgomery Law...
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4th Circuit: No rubber-stamp of asylum rejection
A Guatemalan man seeking asylum will get a review of his case because an immigration judge applied an improper standard when determining whether the man reasonably feared persecution or torture if he...
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Jury awards $2.5M to woman hurt in car crash
A Berkeley County jury has awarded $2.5 million to a woman who suffered back injuries as a result of a car crash, in a case that her attorneys say was strongly contested over the issue of damages...
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Nerve damage after surgery leads to $1.75 settlement
Nerve damage that left a man unable to work in the wake of surgery to remove a cyst has resulted in a $1.75 million settlement, his attorneys report. Ryan Langley and Charles Hodge of Hodge &...
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Florence Co. settles suit over inmate’s death for $1.35M
The South Carolina Insurance Reserve Fund has agreed to pay $1.35 million to the estate of a mentally ill man who died in a segregation unit of the Florence County Detention Center, the attorneys for...
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Hawk lawyer’s suit against ODC won’t fly in federal court
A federal court has declined to hear constitutional claims brought by a South Carolina attorney and his law firm against the state’s Commission on Lawyer Conduct and Office of Disciplinary Conduct,...
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COA cracks open door to owners’ suit against HOA’s law firm
A group of condo owners in Myrtle Beach will be able to move forward with a lawsuit against the law firm that provided legal advice to their homeowners’ association after the South Carolina Court of...
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